See Also: hautboy(medicine)
hautboy(dictionary)

hautboy (iou)



hautboy noun. arch. Also (now usual in sense 2) hautbois, (now rare) hoboy. M16.
[French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood. Cf. OBOE.]
= OBOE 1. arch. M16.
b. = OBOE 2. E18.
More fully hautboy strawberry. A central European strawberry, Fragaria muricata, formerly grown for its fruit. M18.
hautboyist noun M19.